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The 1920s flapper look took shape in the cut of a dress, the weight of its beads, and the close fit of a cloche. Period photographs and surviving clothes show how those details worked, from straight day dresses and cropped hair to fringed eveningwear made to move on the dance floor.

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Louise Brooks’s Blunt Bob
Louise Brooks’s Blunt Bob: Circa 1926. Louise Brooks’s jaw-length bob and blunt bangs give this portrait its clean outline…
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Jeanne Lanvin’s Beaded Robe de Style
Jeanne Lanvin’s Beaded Robe de Style: Fall and winter 1926–27. A long panel of glass ornament runs from the waist down the…
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Sequined Evening Shift
Sequined Evening Shift: 1920s. Sequins cover a straight, mid-calf evening dress with a low rounded neckline. The narrow cut…
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The Charleston at the U.S. Capitol
The Charleston at the U.S. Capitol: 1920s. Ruth Bennett and Sylvia Clavins dance the Charleston on a railing as…
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Gabrielle Chanel’s Wool Knit Dress
Gabrielle Chanel’s Wool Knit Dress: Circa 1924. Loops of matching trim pick out the low waist, cuffs, and opening of this…
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Ivory Dropped-Waist Dress With Floral Appliqué
Ivory Dropped-Waist Dress With Floral Appliqué: Circa 1920. Pink-and-green floral appliqué descends from the shoulder and…
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Callot Sœurs’ Turquoise Velvet Gown
Callot Sœurs’ Turquoise Velvet Gown: Circa 1925. Beads and gold and pink threads decorate turquoise silk velvet. A…
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Bijou’s Straw Cloche
Bijou’s Straw Cloche: Circa 1925. A close-fitting salmon-pink straw crown curves down around the head. Ribbon rosettes and…
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Gabrielle Chanel’s Jersey-and-Crêpe Day Ensemble
Gabrielle Chanel’s Jersey-and-Crêpe Day Ensemble: Circa 1928. A white wool jersey sweater sits under a black cardigan…
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A Flapper in a Fur-Collared Coat
A Flapper in a Fur-Collared Coat: 1920s. The young woman in this period photograph wears a long coat with a fur collar, a…
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Pauline Starke Rehearses the Charleston
Pauline Starke Rehearses the Charleston: 1925. Pauline Starke practices the Charleston with Frank Farnum. As she bends into…
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Callot Sœurs’ Rhinestone Evening Dress
Callot Sœurs’ Rhinestone Evening Dress: 1925–27. Rhinestones are scattered across the straight silk body and gather more…
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Scarlet Flapper Dress Beadwork
Scarlet Flapper Dress Beadwork: 1920s. This close view shows the scarlet net overlay of a straight cotton flapper dress…
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Pleated Dress With Scarf
Pleated Dress With Scarf: Circa 1925. Long pleats fall below the shoulders of this gold-toned dress, and a scarf drapes…
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The “Josephine Baker” Dress
The “Josephine Baker” Dress: 1926. Clusters of red feathers follow the length of this silk dress, growing denser at the…
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Callot Sœurs’ Color-Blocked Silk Gown
Callot Sœurs’ Color-Blocked Silk Gown: 1926. Broad blue and cream bands give this straight silk gown much of its effect…
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Joan Crawford’s Studio Portrait
Joan Crawford’s Studio Portrait: 1928. Joan Crawford poses in a floral dress with draped fabric at the sides and a hem that…
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Glass-Beaded Flapper Headband
Glass-Beaded Flapper Headband: 1920s. Pink and blue glass beads decorate this long headband. A strip of ornament at the…
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Lucile’s Black Beaded-Fringe Dress
Lucile’s Black Beaded-Fringe Dress: 1922. Glass beads hang in rows from the edges and bodice of this black evening dress…
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Madeleine Vionnet’s Pointed-Hem Dress
Madeleine Vionnet’s Pointed-Hem Dress: 1925. Fine pleats run down from a light bodice toward an uneven sea-green hem. The…
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Jean Charles Worth’s Coral Beaded Gown
Jean Charles Worth’s Coral Beaded Gown: Circa 1923. Metallic sequins and glass beads scroll across the coral chiffon. The…

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